Acquisition Archetypes: PMO versus Contractor Hostility

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Compares relationships between PMOs and contractors to a marriage, detailing common issues and outlining methods to stop the dynamic.
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Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure.

Acquisition Archetype: PMO versus Contractor Hostility

Everyone intends the best in project-driven marriages of PMOs and contractors, but good intentions can't overcome the hostility generated by loss of trust and squabbles in poorly developed relationships.